Topic - investment

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Cleantech, Finance

GreenShift Receives Grant for Algae Biofuels

Grant will go toward development of a bioreactor that converts algae into fuel.
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Media, Internet, Finance

TechSpin: VC Activity in Europe Bounce Back

U.K. investors lead a new rush to Internet media startups.
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Computers, General news, Cleantech, Finance

Khosla Gases EcoMotors for Detroit Auto Show

Khosla Ventures pumps funding into EcoMotors, an engine maker that promises a low-cost diesel engine that produces lower emissions and 100 miles per gallon.
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General news, Internet

China, India Still Top FDI Spots

FDI rankings show little change at the top, but Vietnam and Malaysia make an appearance in AT Kearney’s Top 25.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cisco Seeks Startups in Central and Eastern Europe

Networking giant continues its global investment tour with stops in emerging markets such as Croatia and Latvia, places becoming attractive.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Microsoft's Ballmer Defends Facebook Stake

Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says his firm's acquisition of a 1.6 percent stake in social-networking web site Facebook for $240 million was an important investment, not a mistake.
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Computers, Communications, Finance

Cisco Doubles Up On Indian Startups

At a ceremony in Bangalore, the networking giant announces it is committing another $100 million toward its venture fund for startups in the region.
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Computers, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Best Buy Stakes Video Site Mydeo

Brick-and-mortar electronics beast invests in video-hosting site and launches a service for its customers that allows people to store and share videos via the Internet.
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Media, Internet, Finance

Does Facebook Fear Google?

Facebook competes more directly in social media with Google than Microsoft, so it should come as little surprise it chose an investment from the software giant. What happened to fearing Redmond?
See also: Microsoft Takes Facebook Stake
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Computers, Media, Internet, Finance

Microsoft Takes Facebook Stake

Software behemoth Microsoft beats Google to the punch for a piece of social-networking site Facebook, pumping in a $240 million investment that gives founder Mark Zuckerberg's company a $15 billion valuation.
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Computers, General news, Internet, Finance

Report: Microsoft, Google Seek Facebook Stake

The software juggernaut and the search beast are battling for as much as a 10 percent stake in the social-networking site that could cost $1.5 billion, according to a report citing unnamed sources.
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Biosciences

Investors Tap Biotech for Strong ‘07

JP Morgan attendees share their views, and biotech is king.
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General news

Tech Tots: 25 Young Rebels Who Will Rock Tech

Neighborhood Watch | Virtual Profit | Drug Diva | Sizzling Approach to Cleantech | Powering Web’s China Communities | JainRan Man | Freezing Cells for a Rainy Day | A Better Bookmark | Crimefighter | On the Fly | I Was a Teenage CEO | Same Brothers, New Story | Smile or Smirk | Freedom Rock | Reactive Entrepreneur | Bussing emails in Rural India | Picture Perfect | Texting Voices | Banking on Green | Faster Drug Discovery | Cheap Talk
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Finance

Nasdaq Vies with NYSE for M&A

Will the Nasdaq or NYSE be the first to make trans-Atlantic ties?
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Finance

Beyond YouTube

Red Herring's Finance news briefs for the week of November 20, 2006
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Biosciences

Stem Cells a Leap of Faith for VCs

Convincing U.S. venture capitalists to put cash into stem cell startups is a very tough task.
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Finance

Small Change

Seeding India's startups.
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Finance

Malaysia's Unfulfilled Promise

Venture capital has been around for 20 years in Malaysia, and so has government's helping hand.
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Media

Napster on the Block

Online music service has put itself on the auction block and isn’t lacking for buyers.
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Cleantech

Solar Comes Out at Night (4 of 5)

Solar enthusiasts gathered from all over the world to talk about solar by day, party by night.
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